Brian Tomlin shares stories from his own creative path. A constant struggle to overcome perfectionism and honor his strengths, brian’s journey is never ending.
I love stories. I love people watching. The creative world has always attracted me. This is my journey as I try to break out of my introverted, watching life paradigm. I want to create and connect.
As a beginning/ reemergence About Brianline Brianline is a tool I designed a few years ago to keep a summary record of ideas, projects, reading, etc. each week. I have numbered each week of my life (the week I was born was Year1Week1 which was May 20-26, 1975); since I was born on a Tuesday, […]
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As I am turn 44 today (May 20), I take stock of where my spiritual energy is and the journey towards my goals. I am learning to appreciate the gifts of bieng middle age.
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The Idea That Wouldn’t Go Away Long ago, I made a pact with myself that I needed to expand my awareness. I wanted an active part in as many experiences as possible. In 2004 I created a personal website and Beholds seemed an unusual, strong and active name. This site has had various incarnations over
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I spent most of twenties living in St. Louis. It was a great time of discovery about myself and about life. While I didn’t realize it at the time, most of the spiritual truths I build my life around today were developed during that time. More than anyplace I have ever lived, I felt a
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My Thyroid Cancer Experience Early this year I noticed a lump in my neck while shaving; it didn’t hurt, and didn’t cause any problems so I did what I do best- I ignored it. As time went on, I realized I probably should have it looked at, and even started to make the connection that
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As much as I fantasize about having a dream lifestyle where I travel around the world, exploring new places, meeting all different kinds of people, sample the variety of experiences the world has to offer, deep down I have always known that joy exists everywhere and that where I am is all I need. In fact, many spiritualists will say that
Collins, Kathleen. (2009). Watching What We Eat: the evolution of television cooking shows. New York: Continuum. ISBN: 0-8264-2930-0 I’ve learned so much about food and cooking from watching cooking shows on television. As a teenager I would watch and long to be able to make the kinds of recipes being shown; dreamed of having a
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I’m not a big follower of popular music, but somehow Rob Thomas’s voice and lyrics speaks to me. It is great to hear a male singer with a strong voice who expresses both vulnerability and strength through music at the same time. He ahs a new album coming out June 30 called “cradlesong,” and the
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The June 18 performance of the Requiem by Hector Berlioz was perhaps the best performance I have seen at Verizon Hall. The music is powerful, and has great variety that flows from soft moments to all-out rapture. The Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5 (or Requiem) by Hector Berlioz was composed in 1837 to remember soldiers who died
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My dog Elton died last year on June 13. We honor the anniversaries of people’s deaths, but it feels a little strange saying publicly, ” my dog died one year ago today.” But the thing is, for so many of us, our pets really are part of the family. Except dogs are more forgiving than
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